Since 1983, as a professional Geotechnical Engineer - Civil Engineer and as a founder of GEODOMISI Ltd, Consulting Engineering Company, he has carried out, or participated in over one thousand (1000) Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, Seismic Risk Analysis, Geological Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management projects, both in Private and mainly in Public Sector, being engaged in fieldwork and design of Special Foundations, Landslides, Retaining Walls & Systems, Soil and Rock Slope Stability Analysis, Geotechnical Site Investigations, Tunnels, Dams, Highways, Hydrogeology, Management of Water Resources using G.I.S., Waste Management and Disposal, etc.). In addition, during his M.Sc.(Eng) / Ph.D. researches & studies he performed a great deal of various soil and rock mechanics laboratory tests.

He participated in European Community Research Programs (Envireg), relevant to issues of Geotechnical Engineering. He has considerable experience in studies of Slope Stability Analysis problems in both Soils and Rocks masses (Bishop - Morgenstern-Price, GLE, Spencer, Hoek - Bray - Brown) by using Limit Equilibrium (LEM), Limit Analysis (LAM) and Finite Element Analysis Methods (FEM), as well as in Structural Analysis & Design of Earth Retaining Systems. He has extensive experience in all classification systems and methods of Soil and Rock masses and their applications in tunnel support design. (i.e.: Terzaghi, Deere et al, Lauffer, Wickham et al (R.S.R.) Bieniawski (C.S.I.R.), Barton et al (Q - N.G.I.), Bouvard et al (A.F.T.E.S.), Swiss Specifications SIA 198 - SIA 199, New Austrian Tunnelling Method (N.A.T.M.), Pacher et al., etc. During 1989 - 1991 he was responsible for the Soil and Rock mechanics study of the stability analysis of Alistrati Cave - Tunnel in Serres district. (Works and Studies: Analysis of discontinuities using Schmidt and Kamb Stereographic nets. - C.S.I.R. (Bieniawski) classification of jointed rock mass. - Wedge or plane failure analysis (on Roofwall and Sidewall) - Two-dimensional Boundary Element Stress Analysis - Conclusions on Rock Stability problems and Support design (Rockbolts, Shotcrete, mesh, etc). During 1995 - 1996, he had cooperated with P. Kotzias - A. Stamatopoulos Ltd Company, for the excavation works and the retaining walls of the garage of the Athens Concert Hall, as well as for the design of the new railway line at Platamon (Greek Railways O.S.E.). In addition, he has cooperated with major Contractors of Public Works, for the analysis & design of various earth & rock retaining walls and slope stabilization for a number of highway & structural projects. He has also been exclusive geotechnical engineering consultant of ATTIKO METRO S.A. for the Design and Calculations of 40 Anchored piled Retaining Walls, 19,45 m deep, of Agios Antonios Metro Station at Peristeri – Attica - Greece. Furthermore, he has been geotechnical engineering consultant of both EGNATIA ODOS S.A. and ERGOSE S.A. for the design of large scale motorway and railway projects and underground works, as foundation of bridges, tunnels and protection and stabilization of slopes from landslides. Moreover, he has also been the exclusive geotechnical engineering consultant of OLYMPIC GAMES ATHENS 2004 for the execution and the design of the geotechnical investigation and foundation engineering aspects for the construction of the Marathon Olympic rowing game centre roads at Schinias – Attica/Greece. Finally, during 2009 - 2011, he was the exclusive geotechnical engineering consultant (via his company Geodomisi Ltd) for the planning and construction of the biggest Greek natural gas fired Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCGT) Project, developed and owned by the Joint Venture between the Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) and Steel Production Incorporated Industry «HALYVOURGIKI S.A.». In this project he was cooperating and working along with the general Energy Project Consultant «Mott MacDonald Limited».

Finally he is a founding member of the journalistic union, titled: "European Union of Journalists for Environment and Life Quality",

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

He ischartered in Greece & Europe, holding the following professional licenses:

He has thirty-one (31) papers published in both International and Greek Scientific Bulletins, in the field of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology - Hydrogeology. There are more than one hundred fifty (150) citations found so far on International scientific papers of other authors scientific work. He has also written four (4) academic books, titled: a) «Introduction to Soil Mechanics I», b) «Remote Sensing and photogeology. A tool to route selection of large highways and roads», c) «Introduction to Soil Mechanics II and Rock Mechanics», and d) of «Geotechnical Engineering for Dams and Tunnels». He has also written the following course lectures notes: 1) Clay Mineralogy, 2) Soil Classification, 3) Phase Relations 4) Soil Compaction, 5) Permeability 6) Shear strength of soils, 7) Consolidation, 8) Lateral Earth Pressures, 9) Geotechnical Site Investigation, and 10) Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering.

EDUCATION

He was educated in both British and Greek Universities:

Diploma in Applied Geology. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Greece. 1980.

Attendance of final year of the Bachelor degree (B.Sc. Eng.) in the Civil Engineering Faculty at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 1982. (MSc Preparatory Course).

B.Eng (First Class Honours) in Civil Engineering, at the University of Portsmouth, England. (Ranking place: Top student distinction because he achieved the highest overall grade in the cohort of 120 classmates).

During academic years 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1985-86, he was sponsored by the Postgraduate Scholarship Committee of the National Technical University of Athens. He served in the Military corps of Engineers as a Computer Programmer.

ADDITIONAL HONORS & AWARDS

2013: ICE Student Prize Winner Award. The Institution of Civil Engineers awarded him the "2013 ICE Student Prize" for his University. The prize is awarded to the best civil engineering student at each participating universities and is based not only on examination performance but also takes into account course work and ability in civil engineering design.

2013: During his studies in B.Eng. (Hons) Civil Engineering, in the United Kingdom, he achieved a top student distinction because he obtained the highest overall grade, 86%, in the cohort of 120 classmates in his final year.

2012: In addition, during his pre-final year, he achieved a second ranking place with an average mark of 83 %.

1984-1986: Scholarship from the Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) for Ph.D. research.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITY

Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, at the Department of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering of the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Greece, since 2002 up to 24 May 2018. He teaches: a) Soil Mechanics I, b) Geotechnical Engineering for Tunnels and Dams, and c) Soil Mechanics II and Rock Mechanics with Computer Aided Geotechnical Engineering Design & Analysis.

During academic years 2008-2009 until 2010-2011, he was elected as Head of the Department.

Full Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, at the Department of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering of the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences, Greece, since 25 May 2018 to date.

Adjunct Professor at the Greek Open University in the Postgraduate (M.Sc.) programme “Waste Management”, teaching Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering aspects. 2008 to 2011.

Adjunct Professor at the Greek Open University in the Postgraduate (M.Sc.) programme “Earthquake Engineering and Seismic-Resistant Structures”. 2014 to date.

Since 2003 until 2007 he was the academic representative for the European program of mobility and exchange of professors and students «ERASMUS».

Over the years, he has taught in a number of specific subsidised seminars to qualified Engineers, organised by the Technical Chamber of Greece and the E.U..

Finally, he has been a Reviewer of Scientific Articles and Publications for: a) the International Publishing Organization «Elsevier», b) the International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, c) the Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2011, d) the International Journal of Physical Sciences, e) the Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology (JCECT), f) the International Publishing Organization «Springer». Additionally, he was a Reviewer in the 5th International Symposium on Bio- and Medical Informatics and Cybernetics: BMIC 2011 and in the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (CEUP 2014), held in Wuhan, China, June 20-22, 2014.

OFFICIAL EVALUATOR OF THE GREEK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

He is serving as an Official Approved Member of the Registered of Certified Assessors and Experts (Law 4310/2014) on Business Partnerships with Research Organizations of the "RESEARCH-CREATIVITY-INNOVATION" Action, in the Special Service for the Management and Implementation of Actions in the Sectors of Research, Technological Development and Innovation, of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERT

He has served as an Industrial Expert, appointed by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs, for the evaluation and assessment of research proposals submitted to the Inter-State Programme for Research, Innovation & Technological Development between Greece and Israel.

OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ITA-AITES

He has served as the Official representative of the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) for Greece for 2014, in the Sector of “Conventional Tunnelling” – Working Group 19 (WG 19).

OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISSMGE

He has served as Official representative of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), for Greece for 2015, in the Technical Committees: JTC1 Natural Slopes and Landslides TC303, Coastal and River Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation and JTC2 Representation of Geo-Engineering Data.

OFFICIAL EVALUATOR OF THE RESEARCH PROMOTION FOUNDATION OF CYPRUS (RPF)

He is serving as an Official Approved Member of the Registered Certified Evaluators of the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, in the Innovation and Research Information System (IRIS), for the evaluation of proposals submitted to the Foundation under the RESTART 2016-2020 Programs for Research, Technological Development and Innovation.